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Retrieved 20 January All sex reassignment surgery operations in Israel are furthermore performed by Dr. The Israeli State Attorney's Office has extended the spousal exemption from property-transfer taxes to same-sex couples. The News of Israel. In certain cases, defendants were found guilty of "sodomy" which according to Israeli law included oral sex as well , apparently by way of plea bargains: Sexual orientation protection in employment and other services; both sexual orientation and gender identity protections in schools see below.

LGBT rights in Israel

On top of this, the couples were often granted permanent residency instead of citizenship. In October , the Ministry of Health issued a statement announcing that it considers conversion therapy to "create false impressions of scientific recognition even though there is no scientific evidence that it is at all successful. Views Read Edit View history. Homosexuals have been allowed to serve openly in the military, including special units. Israeli surrogacy law allows opposite-sex couples to sign a surrogacy agreement with a surrogate mother.

Did the program present homosexuality in a one-sided manner that encouraged teens to try it themselves? At the time, many mental health professionals did view homosexuality as an illness and, at the time, it was considered to be liberal to treat homosexuality as a disability rather than as a crime. The attacker, Yishai Schlissel, had been released from prison just weeks prior after completing a 12 year sentence for stabbing three individuals at the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade in Outline Index Book Category Portal. Despite the passage of the law, several court rulings have protected surrogacy rights for same-sex couples.